[Federal Register: July 29, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 146)]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 6291]

 
Shipping Coordinating Committee; Notice of Subcommittee Meeting

    The Shipping Coordinating Committee (SHC), through its Subcommittee 
on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping, will conduct 
an open meeting at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, August 20, 2008. The meeting 
will be held in Room 10-623/0718 of Jemal's Riverside Building, 1900 
Half Street, SW., Washington, DC 20593. The purpose of the SHC 
subcommittee meeting is to prepare for the intersessional meeting of 
the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Subcommittee on Standards 
of Training and Watchkeeping (STW) that will address the comprehensive 
review of the International Convention on Standards of Training, 
Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978, as amended (STCW 
Convention), and the Seafarer's Training Certification and Watchkeeping 
Code (STCW Code). The STW intersessional meeting will be held at IMO 
Headquarters in London, England, on September 8-12, 2008.
    The comprehensive review of the STCW Convention and the STCW Code 
is the primary item for discussion for the STW intersessional meeting. 
At the STW meeting, amendments to the following chapters of the 
Convention will be considered:
     Chapter I--General Provisions;
     Chapter II--Master and deck department;
     Chapter III--Engine department;
     Chapter IV--Radiocommunication and radio personnel;
     Chapter V--Special training requirements for personnel on 
certain types of ships;
     Chapter VI--Emergency, occupational safety, security, 
medical care and survival functions;
     Chapter VII--Alternative Certification; and
     Chapter VIII--Watchkeeping.
    Please note that printed copies of documents associated with the 
STW intersessional meeting will not be available at this meeting. The 
documents will be available at the meeting in portable document format 
(.pdf) on CD-ROM. To request documents before the meeting please write 
to the address provided below, and include your name, address, phone 
number, and electronic mail address. Copies of the papers will be sent 
via electronic mail to the address provided.
    Members of the public may attend the meeting up to the seating 
capacity of the room. Interested persons may seek information by 
writing: Mayte Medina, U.S. Coast Guard (CG-5221), Room 1210, 2100 
Second Street, SW., Washington, DC 20593-0001 or by e-mail, 
Mayte.Medina2@uscg.mil.

    Dated: July 11, 2008.
Mark Skolnicki,
Executive Secretary, Shipping Coordinating Committee, Department of 
State.
[FR Doc. E8-17347 Filed 7-28-08; 8:45 am]

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